Malaysia’s Petronas mulls over maintenance shutdown at PE plant

Petronas Chemicals Group is planning to shut its PE plants in Kerteh, Malaysia this March 2021 for brief maintenance work. The tentative plan calls for two to three weeks offline of all PE units, however, the producer has yet to form a concrete decision on the timeline. 

The Kerteh complex houses an LLDPE/HDPE swing line with an annual output of 250,000 tons/year and a standalone 50,000 tons/year LLDPE line. 

Stay tuned for more updates.